coulomb

coulomb
/kooh"lom, -lohm, kooh lom", -lohm"/, n.
the SI unit of quantity of electricity, equal to the quantity of charge transferred in one second across a conductor in which there is a constant current of one ampere. Abbr.: C
[1880-85; after COULOMB]

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(as used in expressions)
Coulomb's law
Coulomb Charles Augustin de

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▪ unit of energy measurement
      unit of electric charge in the metre-kilogram-second-ampere system, the basis of the SI system of physical units. The coulomb is defined as the quantity of electricity transported in one second by a current of one ampere. Named for the 18th–19th-century French physicist Charles-Augustin de Coulomb (Coulomb, Charles-Augustin de), it is approximately equivalent to 6.24 × 1018 electrons. See electric charge.

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  • Coulomb —    , COULOMB S LAW    Charles Augustin de Coulomb (1736 1806), born into a French noble family, had available all the advantages for a good education. He attended the engineering school at Mezieres, the first school of its kind, where he showed a …   Dictionary of eponyms

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